Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

temporal artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: tem-po-ral artery
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.

noun

Any of the three branches of the artery supplying the lateral surfaces of the cerebral cortex.

Inflected Forms

temporal arteries (plural)

Phrases

deep temporal artery middle temporal artery superficial temporal artery

Questions

What does temporal artery mean?: Any of the three arteries supplying the temporal region and adjacent parts of the head.

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